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Lust in the Dust
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Wikipedia article
'Lust in the Dust' is a 1985 Western comedy film starring Tab Hunter, Divine, Cesar Romero, and Lainie Kazan, and directed by Paul Bartel.
Plot
Dance-hall girl Rosie Velez, lost in the desert, is helped to safety by gunman Abel Wood. In the town of Chili Verde, at the saloon of Marguerita Ventura, word of a treasure in gold brings Abel into conflict with outlaw Hard Case Williams and his gang.
Cast
* Tab Hunter as Abel Wood
* Divine as Rosie Velez
* Lainie Kazan as Marguerita Ventura
* Cesar Romero as Father Garcia
* Geoffrey Lewis as Hard Case Williams
* Henry Silva as Bernardo
* Courtney Gains as Richard "Red Dick" Barker
* Gina Gallego as Ninfa
* Nedra Volz as Ed "Big Ed"
* Woody Strode as Blackman, Hard Case Gang
* Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Mexican, Hard Case Gang
Production
The title was taken from the nickname given to King Vidor's 1946 film 'Duel in the Sun'.The Western will never bite the dust
Scott, Jay. The Globe and Mail; Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]July 7, 1979: P.29.
John Waters was asked to direct, but refused because he did not write the script.
Edith Massey was cast as Big Ed, but died shortly after her screen test.[https://swampflix.com/2018/02/13/lust-in-the-dust-1985/ 'Lust in the Dust (1985)'], swampflix.com, February 13, 2018 Bartel was uneasy about casting her because he thought it would look too much like a John Waters film without John Waters.
The role of Marguerita was originally set for Chita Rivera.
Principal photography took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Latin from Manhattan danced to Hollywood
Thomas, Bob. The Globe and Mail June 22, 1984: E.4.
In the original script, Rosie was supposed to die but the filmmakers changed their mind during filming.
Critical reception
'Variety' said "Lust In The Dust is a saucy, irreverent, quite funny send-up of the Western. Film takes some of the old-time conventions the silent stranger, the saloon singer with a past, the motley crew of crazed gunslingers, the missing stash of gold and stands them on their head with outrageous comedy and imaginative casting."
Music
:'All songs composed by Karen Hart'
# "Tarnished Tumbleweed" Mike Stull
# "These Lips Were Made for Kissin'" Divine
# "South of My Border" Lainie Kazan
References
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